my boa died - what next

my good friend, natasha, died at the fine age of 14. she was a boa
constrictor and i had her since she was less than a year old. she will be
missed. my son has known her all his life. she was definitely a part of
the family.

i'd really like to preserve her skin, but am not sure what to do. i've read
about using applying a small layer of antifreeze on the inner part of the
skin and letting it dry and repeating the process several times. i don't
think i have the stomach to skin the corpse myself tho. it will be messy
and i can't imagine cutting up an animal i lived with for 1 and a half
decades. nevertheless she has beautiful skin and i would love to have
something to remember her by.

the immediate problem is how do i keep her from decaying? i've got her in
big tupperware container but my wife will not let me put it in the freezer.
i will not be able to get the corpse to a taxidermist until tuesday.

any ideas on what to do in the meantime?

/\/\/\/<:>~ R.i.P

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:52:43 -0700, "Jules" <yulek.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

>my good friend, natasha, died at the fine age of 14. she was a boa
>constrictor and i had her since she was less than a year old. she will be
>missed. my son has known her all his life. she was definitely a part of
>the family.
>
>i'd really like to preserve her skin, but am not sure what to do. i've read
>about using applying a small layer of antifreeze on the inner part of the
>skin and letting it dry and repeating the process several times. i don't
>think i have the stomach to skin the corpse myself tho. it will be messy
>and i can't imagine cutting up an animal i lived with for 1 and a half
>decades. nevertheless she has beautiful skin and i would love to have
>something to remember her by.
>
>the immediate problem is how do i keep her from decaying? i've got her in
>big tupperware container but my wife will not let me put it in the freezer.
>i will not be able to get the corpse to a taxidermist until tuesday.
>
>any ideas on what to do in the meantime?
>
>/\/\/\/<:>~ R.i.P
>


Too bad you didn't have a cat.
There's more than one way to skin them.